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Bladder Scope Procedure With Placement Of A Ureter Tube

Colorado rates for HCPCS 52332

This is a procedure in which a thin scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder to place a small, flexible tube called a stent into the tube connecting the kidney to the bladder. The stent helps keep that passage open, commonly to relieve a blockage or allow healing after another procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope Procedure With Placement Of A Ureter Tube cost?

$5,401

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,401 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$195 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,585 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $389 to $10,715Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $158 to $891
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Wyoming than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 13th of 51

$5,401

$389 physician + $5,012 facility

WY $8,220MT $943

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.